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2013-01-23

by shaenon on January 23, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Railway Children
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  1. Manifesta
    January 23, 2013, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Any plan where Unity gets a new hat is a good plan.

  2. Jack
    January 23, 2013, 3:25 am | # | Reply

    Heh. “I won’t anthropomorphise HER”.

    • Daibhid C
      January 23, 2013, 4:20 am | # | Reply

      Wrenchy wouldn’t like it.

    • jdreyfuss
      January 23, 2013, 4:42 am | # | Reply

      I can’t believe I didn’t catch that until you pointed it out.

      • Jack
        January 23, 2013, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

        And I in turn was too busy being amused by the first panel to notice Unity wearing Tip’s hat in the last panel.

    • Axel
      January 23, 2013, 10:02 am | # | Reply

      He ALMOST made it to the end of the sentence.

    • Tetra Valent
      January 23, 2013, 5:11 pm | # | Reply

      Lots of things are female without being human.

      • woozy
        January 23, 2013, 9:52 pm | # | Reply

        Um, are you setting us up for a straight line, ’cause … Uh, other than animals and plants, no there aren’t….

        • Altarboy
          January 23, 2013, 11:09 pm | # | Reply

          Ships, planes, cars… Most forms of transportation, guitars and maybe guns.

          • jdreyfuss
            January 22, 2020, 12:28 pm | #

            Ascribing femininity to inanimate objects is a form of anthropomorphizing.

        • Tetra Valent
          January 23, 2013, 11:47 pm | # | Reply

          That was the straight line. The existence of female animals and plants was my point. You guys all know what “anthropomorphize” means, right??

  3. Eddurd
    January 23, 2013, 3:31 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Penny Lane”, The Beatles)

    Now Tip gives Alice, who’s a Colt Commando thirty-eight,
    Off to Mendoza, plus the ammo that he’s got,
    Who says an-thro-po-mor-phi-za-tion’s not
    What he does a lot!

    Now Lee is holding on to Nick, who’s on her iPhone app,
    And from Mendoza, Sweetheart gets a phone right back …
    “Be sure to call if they all attack!”
    But she’s got no thumbs … really dumb!

     On a train, where zombies roam, where zombies rule!
     Listen how they moan, see how they drool!
     Let’s all try to not die!

    Now there is Unity, who likes the watch of Doctor Lee,
    Which tells the time and date and temp’rature, you see!
    It also works as a small TV,
    And an EKG!

    And Sweetheart’s telling ev’ryone they’ve got to focus now!
    And Lee gives Unity a nice undeath day gift …
    And in the background, Tip’s looking miffed
    ‘Cause she took his hat! Looking phat!

     On a train, where zombies lurch, where zombies stroll!
     Come on, team, we’re on a roll!
      Save the train!

    • maarvarq
      January 23, 2013, 5:16 am | # | Reply

      Off topic, Ed, but ever since your “Feelin’ Groovy” filk, I think of it whenever I see a young lady looking particularly mammalian. If I ever vocalise it, I’ll be in a lot of trouble…

  4. Dewy
    January 23, 2013, 6:40 am | # | Reply

    I only got stupid cologne for my undeath day. REAL SUBTLE GUYS!

  5. Mason Kramer
    January 23, 2013, 10:00 am | # | Reply

    “Okay, but I won’t anthropomorphize her.”

    But… you just… you… oh, never mind.

    • Smithnik
      January 23, 2013, 12:16 pm | # | Reply

      Well, technically, he gynopomorphized her, so he’s still okay.

      • Rex Vivat
        January 29, 2013, 4:16 pm | # | Reply

        Anthro ≠ Andro.
        Anthro(po)- (from Greek Άνθρωπος, “human”), a prefix meaning human, humanoid, or humanlike, especially with regards to sentience.
        Andro- (from Greek Άντρας, “male”), a prefix meaning male, man, or masculine.

    • Shadowmehr
      January 23, 2013, 3:44 pm | # | Reply

      Two ways to take that.
      One, he was being ironic in his commentary, as well as warning Tip he doesn’t have the attachment to weaponry that some of his peers exhibit.

      Two, which I find more likely given his skill sets and where he is, Mendoza will not alter the gun to be self-aware, mobile, and at least vaguely humanoid in shape.

      • Smithnik
        January 23, 2013, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

        Altering the gun is just wasteful. All you need to do is create a small humanoid drone to hold the gun and fire it. That way you can multipurpose the drone with various tool and weapon attachments, without having to build an intelligence into each one.
        Think of it as a Swiss army gnome.

  6. Nomi
    January 23, 2013, 3:10 pm | # | Reply

    maarvarq, would you mind linking to that filk?

    • Eddurd
      January 23, 2013, 4:08 pm | # | Reply

      Nomi, here’s a link to the strip and filk …
      http://skin-horse.com/2012/product-of/

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